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Explore through watercolor on Xeroxed newsprint, with audio of fireworks, July 4, 2024 and police audio in Washington D.C. from January 6, 2021.

A personal take on the idea that we are born into this world with our survival instincts on autopilot, shown through music.

Come on a transcendent voyage beyond mortality, unveiling how these experiences profoundly impact the essence of life, blurring the boundaries between existence and the mysteries of the afterlife.

A hundred years ago, Spanish gold was hidden along the Texas / Mexico border. A geriatric West Texas trucker has enlisted the help of a young hippie to help him find it.

Over the course of three days, attendees speak candidly about death, forge connections with others over shared experiences of loss, and find ways to navigate the tricky waters of grief.

On a job gone wrong, spunky pest control employee Elliot finds herself in a chase with a paranormal being with a nasty bite.

Amyl & The Sniffers

Outside, a great storm. Inside, by the warmth of the hearth, a couple doesn't know that tonight will be unlike any of the last forty years...

Painter Miranda Kyle continues to paint, conveying a message to black people through watercolor: they don't need to hide their true selves. She aims to celebrate and honor the genuine beauty of black people, along with many others, while encouraging them to embrace and celebrate their identity.

The self-portrait. The sacred icon. The Incarnation. 16th Century Europe is at war with itself over questions of faith and form. Counter-Reformation observes these trends and tribulations, through the lens of the Renaissance painter, Sofonisba Anguissola, the first female court painter in Europe.

An organic farmer from the 1990s abandons his path to raise children and support his wife's professional dreams. Decades later, he has a dream to buy a mountain in the Amazon cloud forest.  A series of missteps and clues from the forest redirect him onto a new path that could help save the cloud forest from extinction.

The banjo was created by enslaved Black people as a musical remedy and a vessel for ancestral spirits. Could they be calling us back to the instrument now?

A story as old as time, a popular Ukrainian folk song teases us with the poetic young love between passionate farm boy Ivanko and shy Galya, only to leave us wondering what drove them apart.

After a concert flyer turned paper airplane lands into the laps of two kid sisters, they infiltrate the venue to find a mindless mosh crowding a supernatural bathroom.

Travel back in time to the Pleistocene and make friends with a giant ground sloth in this whimsically animated short film based on a poem of the same name.

Full Title:  Can You Fight Diabetes And Fires At The Same Time

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Andrea D'Aquino addresses two pressing global challenges – diabetes and wildfires – with a single groundbreaking innovation.

An anti-fairy tale about a fearless Female Knight with a savior complex who repeatedly risks everything to rescue Princes, waving red flags from haunted castles, only to realize she's stuck in a cycle in the hope of winning their hearts.

Peyton and Lyla muse about self-presentation as empowerment — how they strive to instill motivation, positivity, and a “girl-boss” attitude among other young girls. This begs the question; what happens when the line between commodification and feminism meet?

Your dog is always thinking about you and wants to get you a cold soda.

Without missing a beat, a universe-jumping assassin lands in a
cyberpunk metaverse and dances to death while battling a killer
cyborg.

A cowboy arrives in a strange desert town in search of water for his loyal but feeble horse. He finds himself in the center of a fight for decency and fairness when a poker game spirals into a chaotic saloon brawl.

Myth and modernity help form the story of a remote Alaskan village and the Inupiat people, who hunt bowhead whales as part of subsistence living and spiritual practice.

Maria Granberg lives to conquer the world's highest mountains. It's her way of trying to understand herself better and evolve as a person. It's also a means of coping with the darkness that comes and goes in life.

Carl, the star employee at an idea-generating company, is determined to save his career when a new state-of-the-art robot begins to outshine him with its efficiency. Let the battle between Man and Machine begin!

When roadwork crumbles her sugary path, a rainbow-freckled girl is determined to deliver a cake on time. Unfortunately, what awaits her is anything but sweet.

Nuevo Tango is classical concert tango music meant to be listened to. Peruvian cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi aims to preserve and promote the cultural legacy of nuevo tango.

Legally sanctioned harvesting of kangaroos in Australia equates to the largest commercial killing of a land-based animal in the world each year. Despite this, the practice is virtually unknown globally.

A seagull befriends a troubled young man.

Nobody cares about Jeff, a middle aged housefly crushed by unfulfilled expectations. A dissatisfying marriage, insufferable children, and mind-numbing job push him to try to regain control of his life.

Uncover the legacies of designers who reshaped fashion and culture against all odds and celebrate not just one, but three pioneering women: Ann Lowe, Zelda Wynn Valdes and Adela Farmar.

Flags. Fireworks. Fourth of July.